Anti-theft package for promotional items

ABSTRACT

An anti-theft package for carrying one or more promotional items may include a base body, a first fastening device which can be pulled over the neck of a bottle, and a second fastening device disposed at a distance from the first fastening device and which can be secured around the neck and/or body of the bottle. The second fastening device may be reversibly or irreversibly locked around the bottle by means of a hole or an eye in or a lug on the base body of the package. The first fastening device may also be reversibly or irreversibly locked around the neck and/or body of the bottle. In other cases, the first fastening device may be an open or closed sleeve that possibly includes projections directed towards the neck of the bottle for clamping. The base body may comprise a chamber in which a promotional item can be disposed.

BACKGROUND

The present disclosure relates to an anti-theft package for promotionalitems for use with a container, such as a bottle, comprising at leastone base body and at least one first fastening device, which can bepulled over the neck of a bottle.

An anti-theft package for promotional items is known, for example, fromDE 202 13 205 U1, according to which a sleeve is pulled over the neck ofa bottle.

Such known packages, however, have the disadvantage that they can beremoved from a bottle neck without great effort and nearly free fromdestruction, so that the promotional items can be easily stolen. Thedesire for anti-theft attachment of advertising gifts and accessories isalso due to the fact that such promotional items are no longer onlyinexpensive items that can be procured in large quantities without greatexpense, but are instead increasingly valuable products.

For these reasons it is desirable to be able to showcase promotionalitems and accessories to a potential buyer in a relatively theft-proofmanner together with the actual product that is being sold.

It is, therefore, an object of the present disclosure to provide atheft-proof package for promotional items, which can be attached to aproduct relatively easily and securely and which does not impair theaesthetic presentation of the product, wherein reliable theft protectionis provided both during transport and during display in sales locations.

SUMMARY

Disclosed herein is anti-theft packaging with at least one secondfastening device, which is disposed at a distance from a first fasteningdevice and which can be secured around the neck and/or body of acontainer, such as a bottle. The second fastening device may be addedand locked reversibly or irreversibly around the neck or body of thebottle.

An anti-theft package according to the present disclosure may beconfigured to be easily pulled over the neck of the bottle. Thereafter,by tightly pulling the fastening device together, the package is thenfirmly held against the neck of the bottle. In some implementations, thesecond fastening device may be tightened, particularly irreversibly,around the bottle neck so that it can no longer be pulled over the outerbulge at the opening of the bottle or over a screwed-on or snapped-onlid on the bottle.

Advantageously, the second fastening device may be a cable tie, pipeclamp or the like. In particular, cable ties made of plastic providegood theft-proof attachment of a package for promotional items accordingto the present disclosure.

Furthermore, a preferred embodiment may be characterized in that atleast one second fastening device can be provided at a distance furtherfrom the opening of a bottle than the first fastening device. In thisembodiment, the attachment of the package to a bottle is very simple andmay be automated without difficulty.

Furthermore, an embodiment of a package for promotional items accordingto the present disclosure is preferably characterized in that at leastone second fastening device is or can be attached to the package forpromotional items using at least one hole or an eye in or a lug on thebase body of the package.

Of course, the first fastening device may be configured identical orsimilar to the second fastening device. Therefore, according to afurther development, the first fastening device may be a fasteningdevice that can be placed around the neck and/or body of a bottle andwhich can be added and locked reversibly or irreversibly around the neckor body of the bottle. As with the second fastening device, the firstfastening device may be a cable tie, a pipe clamp or the like.

It is preferable if the first fastening device is configured as an openor closed sleeve. When an open or closed sleeve is attached to the upperend of the package for promotional items, meaning in the vicinity of oron the bottle opening, the attachment of the package to the bottle isparticularly easy. This additionally applies to such packages accordingto the present disclosure, wherein the sleeve has a plurality ofprojections directed towards a bottle neck for clamping the same to thebottle neck or a lid on the bottle. In some implementations, the sleevemay have three or more inwardly directed projections.

In an advantageous embodiment, it is furthermore provided that the basebody of the anti-theft package comprises at least one first and/or atleast one second fastening device made at least in part of plastic.

It is particularly advantageous if the first and second fasteningdevices are both made of pure plastic or plastics that can recycledtogether. Pure plastics are such materials that can be reused throughrecycling. When using pure plastic material, a particularly efficientrecycling of the packaging can be achieved.

A particularly advantageous embodiment finally is characterized in thatthe base body of the anti-theft package has at least one chamber inwhich a promotional item can be disposed.

Embodiments described herein are based on the surprising realizationthat a package for promotional items comprising at least one firstfastening device and at least one second fastening device may providesecure and simple theft protection. The second fastening device may bedisposed at a distance from the first fastening device and can besecured around the neck and/or body of the bottle. Further, the secondfastening device can be added and locked reversibly or irreversiblyaround the neck or body of the bottle, for example in the form of acable tie. In addition, the material expenses for such anti-theftpackaging are reduced, and it is not necessary to design new packagesfor promotional items for different bottle necks since the fasteningdevice is suited to pull and hold together packaging for a variety ofbottle diameters.

Since the one or more fastening devices are easily attached to the neckof a bottle, the assembly of the package for promotional items requireslittle effort. This may result in significant cost savings. Furthermore,the second fastening device, particularly in the form of a cable tie,provides a secure and resilient connection. In addition, releasing thefastening device requires more time and/or additional resources, such asa side cutter. An advantage of a second fastening device for the purposeof pulling and holding the arrangement together is that the package forpromotional items can be added very closely to the bottle neck andaccordingly requires very little additional space.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Further characteristics and advantages of the embodiments disclosedherein will be apparent from the description provided hereinafter, whichexplains two exemplary implementations of the invention in more detailwith reference to schematic illustrations, wherein:

FIG. 1 depicts a first implementation of an anti-theft package forpromotional items according to a first aspect of the invention; and

FIG. 2 depicts a second implementation of an anti-theft package forpromotional items according to another aspect of the invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

FIG. 1 shows a first implementation of an anti-theft package 1 forpromotional items, which package can be pulled over a neck of a bottle(not shown). The package 1 comprises a first fastening device in theform of a sleeve 3 that is closed at the top with a cover 13. The insidediameter of the sleeve 3 is preferably adjusted according to thediameter of the bottle neck, the bottle opening or the bottle closureover which the sleeve 3 is supposed to be pulled. The sleeve 3 mayfurthermore comprise a plurality of inwardly directed projections 5,which allow the sleeve to be affixed to the bottle neck and/or thebottle closure even better. Furthermore, the base body 6 of the package1 comprises chamber 7 for accommodating one or more promotional itemstherein.

The package 1 furthermore comprises a second fastening device, forexample in the form of a cable tie 9, which is attached via an eye 11defined in the package 1. The cable tie 9 is wrapped around the bottleneck (not shown) during attachment and tightened to ensure that itcannot detach again. This way, the package 1 for promotional items canbe securely attached to a bottle neck and is extremely difficult toremove from the bottle without destroying the package and perhaps thecontents of the same. Removal of the package 1 is typically onlypossible with the use of a tool since cable ties, for example, aregenerally very robust and have high tensile strength.

FIG. 2 shows a second implementation of an anti-theft package 1′ forpromotional items according to the present disclosure. The package 1′has a first fastening device in the form of an open sleeve 3′ on a firstlug of the body 6′ of the package 1′, which sleeve 3′ is placed over abottle neck (not shown). The package 1′ according to the secondimplementation has a flat chamber 7′, in which one or more promotionalitems (not shown) can be accommodated. A second lug 10′ comprising twoholes 11′ is disposed on the lower end of the chamber 7′, through whichholes 11′ a cable tie 9′ is pulled for attachment of the package 1′ to abottle neck (not shown). As is true for the first implementationdescribed above, the cable tie 9′ may be pulled tightly around the neckof the bottle (not shown) so that removing the package 1′ from thebottle requires great effort.

Therefore, as with the first implementation, removal of the package 1′according to the second implementation may only be possible bydestroying the same.

Since the package 1 or 1′ for promotional items can be made oftransparent plastic material, a customer is able to determine thecontent of the package, meaning the advertised or promotional items,without difficulty.

Consequently, the package 1, 1′ provides an easy, yet theft-proofattachment of a promotional item to a bottle neck.

Of course it is also conceivable to combine a plurality of base bodiesof packages, for example in order to securely provide a group of bottleswith one or more advertising gifts.

The characteristics and features of the implementations disclosed in theabove description, in the claims and in the figures—either alone or inany combination with each other—may be used in each of the variousembodiments.

REFERENCE NUMERAL LIST

 1, 1′ Package for promotional items  3, 3′ Sleeve  5 Projection  6, 6′Package base body  7, 7′ Vessel  9, 9′ Cable tie 10′ Lug 11 Eye 11′ Hole13 Cover

1. An anti-theft package for promotional items for use with a bottle,comprising: at least one base body; at least one first fastening devicewhich can be pulled over a neck of the at least one bottle; and at leastone second fastening device which is disposed at a distance from thefirst fastening device and which can be secured around the neck and/orbody of the bottle.
 2. An anti-theft package according to claim 1,wherein the second fastening device is reversibly locked around the neckor body of the bottle.
 3. An anti-theft package according to claim 1,wherein the second fastening device is irreversibly locked around theneck or body of the bottle.
 4. An anti-theft package according to claim1, wherein the second fastening device comprises a cable tie, a pipeclamp or the like.
 5. An anti-theft package according to claim 1,wherein the second fastening device is disposed on the neck or body ofthe bottle further away from an opening of the bottle than the firstfastening device.
 6. An anti-theft package according to claim 1, whereinthe second fastening device is or can be attached to the package bymeans of at least one hole or an eye in the base body of the package. 7.An anti-theft package according to claim 1, wherein the second fasteningdevice is or can be attached to the package by means of a lug on thebase body of the package.
 8. An anti-theft package according to claim 1,wherein the first fastening device is a fastening device that can beplaced around the neck and/or body of the bottle.
 9. An anti-theftpackage according to claim 8, wherein the first fastening device isreversibly locked around the neck and/or body of the bottle.
 10. Ananti-theft package according to claim 8, wherein the first fasteningdevice is irreversibly locked around the neck and/or body of the bottle.11. An anti-theft package according to claim 8, wherein the firstfastening device comprises a cable tie, a pipe clamp, or the like. 12.An anti-theft package according to claim 1, wherein the first fasteningdevice is a closed sleeve.
 13. An anti-theft package according to claim12, wherein the sleeve has a plurality of projections directed towardsthe neck of the bottle for clamping the sleeve to the neck or a lid ofthe bottle.
 14. An anti-theft package according to claim 1, wherein thefirst fastening device is an open sleeve.
 15. An anti-theft packageaccording to claim 14, wherein the sleeve has a plurality of projectionsdirected towards the neck of the bottle for clamping the sleeve to theneck or a lid of the bottle.
 16. An anti-theft package according toclaim 1, wherein the first and/or second fastening devices are made ofplastic.
 17. An anti-theft package according to claim 1, wherein thefirst and second fastening devices are made of pure plastic materialthat can be recycled together.
 18. An anti-theft package according toclaim 1, wherein the base body of the package comprises at least onechamber in which a promotional item can be disposed.
 19. An anti-theftpackage according to claim 1, wherein the base body, the first fasteningdevice and the second fastening device are made of pure plastic materialwhich can be recycled together.